My Favourite Places In Leicester

I thought I’d share with you some of my favourite places to eat, drink, shop and visit in Leicester!

Food

• Madisons – a great café really close to Uni on London Road. They sell amazing shakes and the best Mississippi Mud Pie.
• Bombay Bites – my favourite Indian restaurant. The food is fantastic and it’s such great value! You can find these restaurants on Braunstone Gate, Belvoir Street and Evington Road.
• Leicester Market – really good value fresh fruit, veg, meat and fish in Leicester town centre.

Bars/ Pubs

• Marquis Wellington – classy, quirky and comfy pub with a good real ale collection and nice food.
• Firebug – my favourite place to go for fish finger sandwiches between lectures and cocktails on a Friday night.

Parks

• Victoria Park – a huge park just behind the Uni campus. The perfect place for a picnic.
• Castle Gardens – a smaller but beautiful park with lots of pretty flowers and nice places to sit, read and relax by the River Soar.

Shopping

• Lou Lou’s Vintage Fair – Mercure Leicester The Grand Hotel – a travelling fair visiting Leicester on the 4^th
• Highcross Shopping Centre – all the major high street shops in one location.
• Rockaboom – if you’re a music lover this is the place for you. Sells new and second hand CD’s and vinyls. Located in Malcolm Arcade.

Check out:

• King Richard III – as a Leicester student it’s basically our duty to visit ole Richard’s final resting place at Leicester Cathedral.
• New Walk Museum and Art Gallery – beautiful artwork some of which by local painters and an exhibition that changes every so often. A nice place to visit on a lazy Sunday.
• Curve Theatre – currently showing Hairspray the musical, definitely worth a look!
• Dave’s Leicester Comedy Festival – a wide variety of comedy acts and performances, most of which are student purse friendly.

I’d love to hear from you which places in Leicester are your favourites!